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六书

liù shū

2-character word Traditional 六書

What 六书 means

1. Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意 (combined ideogram), 形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 转注 (transfer)

The characters in 六书

• 六liùsix; 6
• 书shūbook; letter; document

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read liù shū correctly.
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